Experiments were conducted to evaluate the nutritional value of meal derived from low glucosinolate cultivars of mustard (Brassica juncea) in comparison to samples of canola meal (Brassica napus, Brassica rapa). Samples of Brassica seed (four B. juncea, one B. napus, and one B. rapa) were processed using laboratory procedures to produce oil-extracted meals, which were examined for composition (DM basis), and nutritional value for broiler chickens as judged by nutrient retention (AMEn, ileal protein digestibility) and performance. Meals derived from B. juncea contained more CP and less total dietary fiber (TDF) on a dry basis than either B. napus or B. rapa, 45.9 vs 44.6 and 43.1% CP and 27.22 vs 29.47 and 29.67% TDF, respectively. Acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) levels for B. juncea and B. rapa meals were similar to each other, but lower than those of B. napus, 12.79 and 13.20 vs 20.6% ADF, and 21.15 and 19.58 vs 29.47% NDF, respectively. Brassica juncea meals contained more glucosinolates than B. napus and B. rapa, 34.3 vs 21.8 and 25.5 mumol/g total glucosinolates, respectively. Brassica juncea meals were equal or superior to B. napus and B. rapa meals for AMEn and apparent ileal protein digestibility. Similarly, broilers fed B. juncea meals grew as quickly and converted feed to BW gain as efficiently to 21 d of age as those birds fed B. napus and B. rapa meals. Feeding meal from B. rapa reduced growth rate and gain to feed ratio. In conclusion, the nutritional value of meal from low glucosinolate mustard was equal or superior to that of canola meal samples derived from B. napus and B. rapa cultivars.

Bell, J. M., Tyler, R. T. and Rakow, G. 1998. Nutritional composition and digestibility by 80-kg to 100-kg pigs of prepress solvent-extracted meals from low glucosinolate Brassica juncea, B. napus and B. rapa seed and of solvent-extracted soybean meal. Can. J. Anim. . Seed of Brassica napus canola (cv. AC Excel), B. rapa canola (cv. AC Parkland), and B. juncea canola (line J90-4253) was oil-extracted in a prepress solvent pilot plant. The three canola meals and soybean meal (SBM) (commercial) were fed in four replicates of a digestibility trial to evaluate their digestibility. The meals were mixed with a nutritionally adequate barley-wheat-SBM basal diet at levels of 15 and 30%. Chromic oxide (Cr 2 O 3 ) was included at 0.5% of the diet as a chemical marker. Eighteen hybrid gilts, approximately 90 kg, were randomized to the first two replicates involving nine diets, including the basal diet, and this allotment was repeated.

Two studies using broiler chicks and one using adult White Leghorn roosters were conducted to determine the influence of stachyose and raffinose (alpha-galactosides of sucrose) present in soybean meal (SBM) on the nutritional value of the meal. In Experiment 1, the addition of four levels (0, .05, .10, or .20 g/kg) of alpha-galactosidase with and without 1 g/kg of invertase to a corn-SBM diet had no effect on weight gain, feed efficiency, protein digestibility, or the digestible energy value of the feed when fed to broiler chicks. However, both enzymes decreased (P < .001) dietary AMEn. In Experiment 2, ethanol extraction and incubation of SBM with alpha-galactosidase decreased the concentrations of the alpha-galactosides of sucrose in SBM from 6.59 to .81 and 1.43%, respectively. However, when broiler chicks were fed semi-purified diets containing SBM, ethanol-extracted SBM, water-incubated SBM, or water plus alpha-galactosidase-incubated SBM, no improvements in weight gain, feed efficiency, or apparent protein digestibility were observed. There was also no improvement in TMEn when the above meals were precision fed to adult White Leghorn roosters (Experiment 3). These results indicate that the removal of up to approximately 90% of the alpha-galactosides of sucrose has no beneficial effect on the nutritional value of SBM for chickens.

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Whole canola/pea and whole canola/canola meal blends in diets for broiler chickens. 1. Evaluation of steam-pelleting or expansion processing Can. J. Anim. Sci. 77: [185][186][187][188][189][190]. Whole canola blended with whole peas (1:1; WCP) or canola meal (3:1; WCC) provide complementary high energy-protein supplements for poultry feeding. Both WPC and WCC blends were fed with or without processing (steam-pelleting or expansion) to broiler chicks in a 14-d feeding trial. Pelleted WCP supported higher body weight gain and feed efficiency than the untreated blend (P < 0.05). Body weight gain and feed efficiency obtained with chicks fed pelleted WCP or WCC were similar to those obtained for the expanded blends (P > 0.05), with notable exception of the expanded WCC which had a lower feeding value. With the pelleted or expanded blends, protein digestibility, N-retention, fat digestibility, and AME N were comparable or improved over the unprocessed blends, again with the exception of the expanded WCC. The processed blends had higher gelatinized starch, and lower protein solubility and myrosinase activity index. Protein solubility was very low for the expanded WCC, which is indicative of excessive heat damage. Although the expanded blends had lower glucosinolate content, this did not result in improved growth performance over the pelleted blends. It was concluded that the nutritional value of pelleted blends were at least equivalent to that of the expanded WCP and WCC for broiler chicks. [185][186][187][188][189][190]. Les graines de colza canola mélangées au pois (CEP) en proportion volumique égale ou au tourteau de canola (CEC) en proportion 3:1 constituent un riche complément énergo-protéique pour l'alimentation de la volaille. Chacun des deux mélanges a été servi, avec ou sans traitement d'agglomération à la vapeur ou d'expansion, à des poulets de chair durant un essai d'alimentation de 14 jours. Le CEP en agglomérés donnait lieu à un GMQ et à un IC meilleur que le mélange non transformé (P < 0,05). Le GMQ et la valorisation des aliments chez les poulets recevant CEP ou CEC sous forme granulés étaient semblables à ceux obtenus avec les mélanges expansés (P > 0,05), à l'exception notable de CEC expansé qui affichait une valeur alimentaire plus faible. Quel que soit le mode de présentation, les deux mélanges étaient comparables ou supérieurs aux mélanges non transformés, aux les plans de la digestibilité des protéines, de la rétention de N, de la digestibilité de la graisse et de AME N , à l'exception encore du CEC expansé. Les mélanges transformés contenaient plus d'amidon gélatinisé; leurs protéines étaient moins solubles et ils avaient un indice d'activité myrosinase plus bas. La solubilité des protéines était particulièrement basse dans le CEC expansé, signe révélateur d'une altération thermique excessive. Bien que les mélanges expansés contenaient moins de glucosinolates, la croissance des poulets n'en n'a pas pour autant été améliorée par rapport aux mélanges sous forme agglomérée. Il ressort de ces observa...